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Patricia McCoy Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I would like to make my own opinion heard on making investments in complex investments like cryptocurrency funds. I feel I should have the right to make my own investment decisions without "jumping through hoops" first. I started as a teenager and have been making all my own investment decisions for well over 50 years now without any interference nor professional help and don't feel anyone has the right to deny me that right. If I wish to invest in BITO or other similar products, I should have that right. It isn't fair that only a privileged few would be able to do this.

Eleftherios Demetriou Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I can see your concerns, but the proposed approach it is not the proper one. It appears to be at least discriminatory and distorting. I can write many pages, but I will be very brief for two of the points: 1. Demonstrate a high net worth : This is discriminatory. The absolute value is irrelevant. What is relevant is a relative value. (If someone's net worth is $100,000 and choose to invest $1,000 to crypto funds is the same as with someone else whose net worth is $10,000,000 and choose to invest $100,000. Both chose to allocate 1% of their net worth). 2.

Kevin Bastian Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I strongly oppose SEC proposed rule #S7-24-15. My wife and I both have most of our life savings invested in IRAs, both traditional and Roth, with Fidelity Investments. A small but significant portion of our portfolio is currently in the ETF BITO. We were forced to use that ETF because we are not permitted by government regulations to directly own Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency in our IRAs, a restriction I also object to. I should be allowed to invest my life savings however I wish.